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Denaturing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (DHPLC) for Nucleic Acid Analysis

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Acknowledgments

Work with DHPLC was funded by the following research grants: PolyU Big Equipment Grant (G.53.27.9027), PolyU Central Research Grants (G-YD47, G-YD74 and G-U069), Dean's Reserve (1.53.09.87AV) and RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant (B-Q04A).

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Leung, K.H., Yip, S.P. (2008). Denaturing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (DHPLC) for Nucleic Acid Analysis. In: Walker, J.M., Rapley, R. (eds) Molecular Biomethods Handbook. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-375-6_7

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